S+H Staff

Sincere friendliness has the power to warm hearts – and increase your influence as a safety and health professional, says veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk.

In addition to wearing facemasks themselves, safety and health leaders need to convince others to wear them, says E. Scott Geller of Safety Performance Solutions Inc.

Regarding fall protection, should we focus on the latest “gadgets” or the basic hierarchy of addressing the risk of gravity?

When selecting protective eyewear, most higher-quality options have various features and upgrades, including impact re-sistance, anti-fog technology, ultraviolent resistance and polarized lenses. What do each of these technologies provide and why should workers want them in their safety glasses?

What best practices can employers follow to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 inside confined spaces?

Cory Worden shares how he got into the EHS field.

Dianne Grote Adams shares how she got into the EHS field.

On the day of the incident, the owner of a gutter and siding installation company and his 47-year-old employee were installing guards on the existing gutters of a two-story home. The owner of the company did not provide fall protection, and the victim was not wearing any.

The next time you fuel up at a gas station, consider this: Most pump handles contain 11,000 times more germs than a toilet seat in a public restroom. And the keypad on the pump? The buttons typically have 15,000 times more germs than a public toilet seat, according to a tip sheet from KeepTruckingSafe.org.

Ticks can carry potentially life-threatening infectious diseases. Most active during warmer months (April-September), they reside mostly in grassy, brushy or wooded areas – putting virtually all outdoor workers in the United States at risk of exposure.